S6 Ep10: The Torture and Murder of Victoria Climbié - PLEASE READ SHOW NOTES BEFORE LISTENING

Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Mark Randell & Bethan Trueman

True Crime

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This week, I'm joined by my sister, Laura, who is a child protection expert, to discuss the torture and murder of eight-year-old Victoria Climbié. This is the story of an impoverished girl who was plucked from the volatile planes of the Ivory Coast with the promise of a new life in Europe. A life filled with luxury and opportunity. What followed, however, was a living nightmare. Just fifteen months after being rescued from her homeland, Victoria would lie dead in her bed in the intensive care unit of St Mary’s Hospital in London – the victim of one of the worst cases of child abuse in this country’s history. **Please note, despite spending an hour doing sound checks, we still managed to mess up the recording a bit! If you listen through headphones, when Laura speaks, the sound levels will appear distorted and you will only hear her in your left headphone (if you listen through your device's speaker(s), it will be fine, you'll barely notice). When I speak, which is the vast majority of the episode, it's fine, there's no distortion.** www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Show Sponsors: www.beer52.com/RED www.issuu.com/podcast - use code RED at checkout for 50% off Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One two three shake your body down.
0:03.0	Shig your own name.
0:04.0	One two three.
0:06.0	Thanks to Fever tree, making a delicious
0:08.8	Mejito is as easy as one two three.
0:12.0	Ice. I said two. Rum. easy as one two three ice rum
0:15.8	fever tree mohito mixer and stir a perfect mohito as simple as
0:21.4	as simple as just three steps new cocktail mixes from Fever Tree as easy as one two three.
0:29.0	Please enjoy responsibly. You're not going to be. Oh, Hello and welcome to seeing Red. Thank you for joining me once again. I know I
1:10.0	always say this but it really is a harrowing case this week. We don't often advise
1:16.3	listener discretion at the start of an episode. After all, this is a true crime
1:20.6	podcast, but I really do think it's necessary today because we're going to
1:24.6	be covering the torture and murder of an eight-year-old child. This is an upsetting
1:29.9	case and whilst we will attempt to tone down any descriptions of child abuse, it will be necessary
1:35.6	to go into some detail in order to convey the gravity of the crimes committed against a child
1:41.2	at the centre of today's case.
1:43.4	And there will also be references to child sexual abuse
1:46.9	as if this couldn't get any worse.
1:49.4	Now, you may have picked up on my use of the word we there which was very deliberate on my
1:54.8	part because I'm not on my own today I'm joined by my very own sister who just
2:00.3	happens to be a child protection expert which is the title I've given her but
2:05.8	it's probably not quite right but you know a lot more about this subject than me.
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